Microsoft Publishes A Smart Apple v Samsung Ad, Hopefully Remembers It Still Has To Work On Windows Phone

This is a really smart ad from Microsoft, showing Apple and Samsung/Android fans fighting, and a couple of Lumia 920 users calmly using their devices. The ad is going to air in the US later, but the video has been released on YouTube.

This comes on…

Samsung Galaxy S4 Launched In India, Hands-on Video And Pictures Inside

So yesterday we attended the launch of Samsung Galaxy S4 in India which was held by Reliance at Shangri La Hotel in Mumbai. It seems like this time Reliance had sponsored the launch of Samsung Galaxy S4 in Mumbai. There were celebs and all, but we’ll try to be on topic here.

Motorola Could Be Planning Razr M-sized Stock Android Phones

Remember the Motorola Razr M? It was one of those Android phones I’d lusted after in vain, much more so after Motorola ceased its operations in India. Well, it looks like Motorola and Google have their first Google-influenced products in the pipeline, according to PCMag.

Consumers love what the Android OS can…

How To Really Get Facebook Home On Your Unsupported Device [Hint: Root Required]

Facebook has today made its new launcher, Home, available on the Google Play Store. It looked pretty neat back when they’d announced it, and it looked neat enough when I played with it. However, it’s currently US-only, and only available on a bunch of devices (for reasons known only to Facebook….

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 And Galaxy Mega 6.3 Announced – Because ‘Moar’ Is Never Enough

Samsung has today announced a couple of devices that were leaked some time back. They’re calling them Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3. Galaxy Mega is a new line, and Samsung is probably aiming to take the concept of a Galaxy Note (minus the S-Pen) to lower price points, probably upper and mid mid-range.

(The headline is inspired by PCMags’s Sascha Segan, who explained why he’s giving up on…

Play Store 4.0 Update Is Live, Brings A Fresh New Design

Holy shit. Google has started pushing out the Play Store 4.0 update, which was leaked only a couple of days ago courtesy some Googlers.

Google is saying the new update is focused on being clean and fast, helping you discover great content easily. Right now, the Play Store client is ugly, and…

WhatsApp Denies It’s Selling Out To Google

One of the most popular messaging apps across OSs, WhatsApp was recently rumoured to be acquired by Google for a sum in the vicinity of a Billion Dollars. Today, its Business Development Head, Neeraj Arora, has denied those rumours, saying they’re not in sales talks with Google.

Earlier in December, there were rumours of a Facebook…

Samsung Galaxy Win Announced, Android 4.1 And Quad Core Processor Under The Hood

Samsung just announced another mid-range smartphone running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, with a name no owner would be proud of. It’s called the Galaxy Win, for reasons not known to the mankind. The device is just another mid-ranger, but there is probably something secret that pushed the marketers at Samsung to call it…

HTC One Announced In India For Rs. 42,900, Availability End Of April Onward

HTC has finally announced that it will be launching its latest flagship in India, the One. And they’re pricing it better this time, compared to the Butterfly, which carried a price tag of Rs. 46,000 at launch

The One comes with a 4.7″ full HD display and a 1.7…

Google’s Dogfooding A Newer Version Of Play Store, Shows A UI Overhaul

’tis Sunday, and we all deserve a holiday at least today, but no. Somewhere, a Googler on Google+ thought it’s the right time to send out a screenshot of a newer, smarter version of the Play Store, and here we are.

It’s such a delight to my eyes….

Want A HTC Phone Running Stock Android? Buy HTC First, Disable Facebook Home

So you’ve always lusted after HTC’s Android phones and wanted stock Android with it? Sure, you could root the hell out of any phone and flash an AOSP ROM, but there’s nothing like a phone running stock Android out of the box. HTC hasn’t made a stock Android-running device since the T-Mobile G2, but it looks like we have another, non-Nexus, pure stock Android running HTC phone, after all.

Videocon Launches VT 75C Tablet, Comes With A 7″ Display And Costs Rs. 6,499

Videocon, an Indian brand, has launched a new tablet running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It supports voice calling, and comes with a 7″ display.

The VT 75C (as bad a name as it can get) specs -

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean  7″ TFT display, 800×480 resolution 1 GHz processor,…